An Full Week in the Books!

   Well, we made it through a full week of school.  I think it is our second one of the year.  This week was a busy week with three days of speakers for our current project.  The students are getting a lot of great information on how a large event impacts a community.  The speakers have been very complimentary of our students and their questions and the way that they behaved.  It is always nice to hear what people from our community have to say about our students.
     On Monday, we went to the sixth grade PBL team to listen to their presentations and be "Critical  Friends" before their final presentations on Tuesday to parents.  This was a great learning experience for our students.  They were able to see what the sixth graders are doing and get some good ideas along the way.
     On Tuesday, Charlotte Tyree and Ryan Wolfe came in to talk to the students about the Blueberry parking and bathroom/water sales.  They gave a lot of great information.  On Wednesday, Sherry Martin from the Blueberry office and her husband came in to give us information on the festival history and the business end of the festival.  On Thursday, Mr. Jon Pairitz and Mr. Patrick Curran, from the famous Blueberry Doughnuts came in to discuss their operation.  They told about all of the work before and during the festival and how they manage their product.  All of the speakers were well received by our students.  Lots of good information given!  We can't wait to see where the students take what they have learned.
    In science, this past week the students were to go outside and look at the sun and the weather did not cooperate.  Hopefully, this week the sun decides to cooperate!  We tried to look at some of the positions of the sun while simulating it in the classroom!  Indiana weather does not always help us out!
     In math, we continued to work on decimals.  We took a common assessment on Friday and will be moving on to multiplication of whole numbers.  Students who are struggling with their basic facts have been working on those skills in math intense and hopefully at home.
     In humanities, we continue working on writing skills.  Students learned this week about 911 and we hope that they came home and talked about this with you.  The students continue to work each week on Achieve 3000.  This is something that will be continuous all year long.  Any help you can give at home is greatly appreciated.
    Have a great week!